First range trip, SCAR 17S
News, Guns ·Friday March 25, 2011 @ 21:17 EDT (link)
Left work early, 1530; got to the range (SVRC) around 1600; just one person was there, shooting in the pistol pit, so I set up my spotting scope, rifle rest, etc. on a table, got a cease-fire, and put out some targets at 50 yards (which I eventually moved to 25 because my eyes are ozard and they were half-size targets—two rings on a letter-sized sheet—to begin with). I was using the iron sights today; no scope yet, but I plan to try it with my EOTech from the AR-15 and perhaps get an ACOG for it. Nobody else was shooting at the rifle range the whole time I was there; one guy wandered over to give me the lock from the gate (don't know why he took it off; usually I just leave it there, sometimes locked to the gate… person I gave it to when I left thought it odd too) and admired the rifle; couple more showed up to shoot what sounded like .22s in the pistol pit; that was all. It was sunny driving over but then started to rain, which displeased me not at all because I expected it kept the range traffic light.
I was hitting the metal targets at the far end (200') of the range easily with all of the ammo I tried (a 20-round box of American Eagle, some BVAC 150 gr., and some German surplus); but shooting at the paper targets made it clear that I do need to get an optic. Generally, great gun; other reviewers were right about the recoil being very manageable; it's comparable to the AR-15. The main difference is that it's noticeably louder (one guy in the pistol pit said the same thing). Also looking for a case and sling (also in FDE) and some extra mags (which I've had little luck funding).
I left the range around 1700 and got home about 1730; traffic wasn't bad. Friday traffic is always a little weird; sometimes some people are off, or leave early; on balance it's lighter than other days. Good shooting… need to pick up some more ammo; I only have 70 more rounds of .308.
Books finished: Jury Nullification.
